1994 Cii Movie Awards

This list and awards compiled February 28, 2013

                      For the criteria of choosing the awards, click here.

Top 10 Films of 1994

1. The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)
2. State of Weightlessness (Maciej J. Drygas)
3. Clear & Present Danger (Phillip Noyce)
4. Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino)
5. Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone)
6. Three Colors: Red (Krzystof Kieslowski)
7. Dumb & Dumber (Peter Farrelly & Bobby Farrelly)
8. Crumb (Terry Zwigoff)
9. The Lion King (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff)
10. True Lies (James Cameron)

Honorable Mentions: Ed Wood (Tim Burton), Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis), Hoop Dreams (Steve James), Speed (Jan De Bont), The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen)

Best Actor

Jim Carrey – Ace Ventura: Pet Detective

* Morgan Freeman – The Shawshank Redemption

Tom Hanks – Forrest Gump

Woody Harrelson – Natural Born Killers

Tim Robbins – The Shawshank Redemption

Best Actress

Jamie Lee Curtis – True Lies

Linda Fiorentino – The Last Seduction

* Juliette Lewis – Natural Born Killers

Susan Sarandon – The Client

Meryl Streep – The River Wild

Best Supporting Actor

Jeff Daniels – Dumb & Dumber

Bob Gunton – The Shawshank Redemption

Samuel L. Jackson – Pulp Fiction

* Martin Landeau – Ed Wood

Gary Sinise – Forrest Gump

Best Supporting Actress

Jodie Foster – Maverick

Sarah Jessica Parker – Ed Wood

Robin Wright Penn – Forrest Gump

* Uma Thurman – Pulp Fiction

Jennifer Tilly – Bullets Over Broadway

Best Director

Frank Darabont – The Shawshank Redemption

* Maciej J. Drygas – State of Weightlessness

Krzysztof Kieslowski – Three Colors: Red

Oliver Stone – Natural Born Killers

Quentin Tarantino – Pulp Fiction

Best Screenplay

Clear & Present Danger (Steven Zaillian, John Milius & Donald Stewart)

Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, Richard Rutowski & David Veloz)

* Pulp Fiction (Roger Avary & Quentin Tarantino)

The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont)

Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski & Krzysztof Piesiewicz)

Best Cinematography

Chungking Express (Andrew Lau & Christopher Doyle)

The Hudsucker Proxy (Roger Deakins)

Natural Born Killers (Robert Richardson)

* The Shawshank Redemption (Roger Deakins)

Three Colors: Red (Piotr Sobociński)

Best Editing

Hoop Dreams (Steve James, Frederick Marx & William Haugse)

Pulp Fiction (Sally Menke)

Speed (John Wright)

* The Shawshank Redemption (Richard Francis-Bruce)

State of Weightlessness (Dorota Wardeszkiewicz)

Best Film Score

Clear & Present Danger (James Horner)

Crumb (David Boeddinghaus)

Interview with the Vampire (Elliot Goldenthal)

The Lion King (Hans Zimmer)

* The Shawshank Redemption (Thomas Newman)

Best Production Design

Bullets Over Broadway

* Ed Wood

Interview with the Vampire

Maverick

Natural Born Killers

Best Ensemble Cast Performance

Clear & Present Danger

Forrest Gump

Pulp Fiction

The Shawshank Redemption

* True Lies

1994 Movies Seen (61 features seen as of 03.01.2013)

71 Fragments of a Chronology of Chance (Michael Haneke, 1994)

Ace Ventura: Pet Detective (Tom Shadyac, 1994)

The Air Up There (Paul Michael Glaser, 1994)

Airheads (Michael Lehmann, 1994)

Andre (George Miller, 1994)

Angels in the Outfield (William Dear, 1994)

Baby’s Day Out (Patrick Read Johnson, 1994)

Blank Check (Rupert Wainwright, 1994)

Blown Away (Stephen Hopkins, 1994)

Bullets Over Broadway (Woody Allen, 1994)

Camp Nowhere (Jonathan Prince, 1994)

Chungking Express (Wong Kar-Wai, 1994)

City Slickers 2: The Legend of Curly’s Gold (Paul Weiland, 1994)

Clear & Present Danger (Phillip Noyce, 1994)

The Client (Joel Schumaker, 1994)

Crumb (Terry Zwigoff, 1994)

Disclosure (Barry Levinson, 1994)

Drop Zone (John Badham, 1994)

Ed Wood (Tim Burton, 1994)

Forrest Gump (Robert Zemeckis, 1994)

Four Weddings & a Funeral (Mike Newell, 1994)

Hoop Dreams (Steve James, 1994)

The Hudsucker Proxy (Joel Coen, 1994)

I Love Trouble (Charles Shyer, 1994)

Interview with the Vampire (Neil Jordan, 1994)

Iron Will (Charles Haid, 1994)

It Could Happen to You (Andrew Bergman, 1994)

The Jungle Book (Stephen Sommers, 1994)

Lassie (Daniel Petrie, 1994)

The Last Seduction (John Dahl, 1994)

Legends of the Fall (Edward Zwick, 1994)

Léon: The Professional (Luc Besson, 1994)

The Lion King (Roger Allers & Rob Minkoff, 1994)

Little Big League (Andrew Scheinman & Bill Pohland, 1994)

Little Giants (Dwayne Dunham, 1994)

The Little Rascals (Penelope Spheeris, 1994)

The Madness of King George (Nicholas Hytner, 1994)

Major League II (David S. Ward, 1994)

The Mask (Chuck Russell, 1994)

Maverick (Richard Donner, 1994)

Milk Money (Richard Benjamin, 1994)

Miracle on 34^th Street (Les Mayfield, 1994)

Mixed Nuts (Nora Ephron, 1994)

My Girl 2 (Howard Zieff, 1994)

Natural Born Killers (Oliver Stone, 1994)

Only You (Norman Jewison, 1994)

Pulp Fiction (Quentin Tarantino, 1994)

Quiz Show (Robert Redford, 1994)

Renaissance Man (Penny Marshall, 1994)

The Return of Jafar (Tad Stones, 1994)

Richie Rich (Donald Petrie, 1994)

The River Wild (Curtis Hanson, 1994)

The Shawshank Redemption (Frank Darabont, 1994)

The Specialist (Luis Llosa, 1994)

Speed (Jan De Bont, 1994)

Stargate (Roland Emmerich, 1994)

State of Weightlessness (Maciej J. Drygas, 1994)

Street Fighter (Steven E. de Souza, 1994)

Three Colors: Red (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)

Three Colors: White (Krzysztof Kieslowski, 1994)

True Lies (James Cameron, 1994)

1992 Cii Movie Awards

This list and awards compiled February 28, 2013

                      For the criteria of choosing the awards, click here.

Top 10 Films of 1992

1. Lessons of Darkness (Werner Herzog)
2. The Player (Robert Altman)
3. Malcolm X (Spike Lee)
4. Wayne's World (Penelope Spheeris)
5. Batman Returns (Tim Burton)
6. Aladdin (John Musker & Ron Clements)
7. A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall)
8. Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood)
9. The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann)
10. Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley)

Honorable Mentions: Patriot Games (Phillip Noyce), Baraka (Ron Fricke), Raising Cain (Brian De Palma), Rock Hudson's Home Movies (Michael Rappaport), Under Siege (Andrew Davis)

Best Actor

Dana Carvey – Wayne’s World

Clint Eastwood – Unforgiven

Tom Hanks – A League of Their Own

Jack Lemmon – Glengarry Glen Ross

Tim Robbins – The Player

* Denzel Washington – Malcolm X

Best Actress

Geena Davis – A League of Their Own

Whoopi Goldberg – Sister Act

* Michelle Pfeiffer – Batman Returns

Sharon Stone – Basic Instinct

Sigourney Weaver – Alien 3

Best Supporting Actor

Alec Baldwin – Glengarry Glen Ross

Danny De Vito – Batman Returns

* Gene Hackman – Unforgiven

Michael Madsen – Reservoir Dogs

Al Pacino – Glengarry Glen Ross

Best Supporting Actress

Lara Flynn Boyle – Wayne’s World

* Madonna – A League of Their Own

Rosie O’Donnell – A League of Their Own

Miranda Richardson – The Crying Game

Greta Scacchi – The Player

Marisa Tomei – My Cousin Vinny

Best Director

Robert Altman – The Player

Werner Herzog – Lessons of Darkness

* Spike Lee – Malcolm X

Penny Marshall – A League of Their Own

Phillip Noyce – Patriot Games

Best Screenplay

Aladdin (Ron Clements, John Musker, Ted Elliott & Terry Rossio)

The Crying Game (Neil Jordan)

Lessons of Darkness (Werner Herzog)

* The Player (Michael Tolkein)

Unforgiven (David Webb Peoples)

Best Cinematography

Alien 3 (Alex Thomson)

Baraka (Ron Fricke)

* Lessons of Darkness (Paul Berriff & Rainer Klausmann)

A River Runs Through It (Philippe Rousselot)

Unforgiven (Jack N. Green)

Best Editing

Basic Instinct (Frank J. Urioste)

* Lessons of Darkness (Rainer Standke)

The Player (Maysie Hoy & Geraldine Peroni)

Raising Cain (Robert Dalva, Paul Hirsch & Bonnie Koehler)

Under Siege (Don Brochu, Robert A. Ferretti, Dov Hoenig & Dennis Virkler)

Best Film Score

Aladdin (Alan Menken)

* Basic Instinct (Jerry Goldsmith)

The Last of the Mohicans (Randy Edelman & Trevor Jones)

Under Siege (Gary Chang)

Best Production Design

Alien 3

* Batman Returns

Malcolm X

Newsies

Unforgiven

Best Ensemble Cast Performance

Aladdin

* Glengarry Glen Ross

A League of Their Own

The Player

Wayne’s World

1992 Movies Seen (56 features seen as of 03.01.2013)

3 Ninjas (John Turteltaub, 1992)

Aladdin (John Musker & Ron Clements, 1992)

Alien 3 (David Fincher, 1992)

The Babe (Arthur Hiller, 1992)

Baraka (Ron Fricke, 1992)

Basic Instinct (Paul Verhoeven, 1992)

Batman Returns (Tim Burton, 1992)

Beethoven (Brian Levant, 1992)

The Bodyguard (Mick Jackson, 1992)

Captain Ron (Thom Eberhardt, 1992)

Chaplin (Richard Attenborough, 1992)

The Crying Game (Neil Jordan, 1992)

The Cutting Edge (Paul Michael Glaser, 1992)

Death Becomes Her (Robert Zemeckis, 1992)

El Mariachi (Robert Rodriguez, 1992)

Encino Man (Les Mayfield, 1992)

A Few Good Men (Rob Reiner, 1992)

Forever Young (Steve Miner, 1992)

Glengarry Glen Ross (James Foley, 1992)

The Hand That Rocks the Cradle (Curtis Hanson, 1992)

Hard-Boiled (John Woo, 1992)

Hoffa (Danny DeVito, 1992)

Home Alone 2: Lost in New York (Chris Columbus, 1992)

Honey, I Blew Up the Kid (Randal Kleiser, 1992)

Honeymoon in Vegas (Andrew Bergman, 1992)

HouseSitter (Frank Oz, 1992)

Kuffs (Bruce A. Evans, 1992)

The Last of the Mohicans (Michael Mann, 1992)

A League of Their Own (Penny Marshall, 1992)

Lessons of Darkness (Werner Herzog, 1992)

Lethal Weapon 3 (Richard Donner, 1992)

Malcolm X (Spike Lee, 1992)

The Mighty Ducks (Stephen Herek, 1992)

Mr. Baseball (Fred Schepisi, 1992)

Mr. Saturday Night (Billy Crystal, 1992)

My Cousin Vinny (Jonathan Lynn, 1992)

Newsies (Kenny Ortega, 1992)

Of Mice and Men (Gary Sinise, 1992)

Passenger 57 (Kevin Hooks, 1992)

Patriot Games (Phillip Noyce, 1992)

The Player (Robert Altman, 1992)

The Public Eye (Howard Franklin, 1992)

Radio Flyer (Richard Donner & David M. Evans, 1992)

Raising Cain (Brian De Palma, 1992)

Reservoir Dogs (Quentin Tarantino, 1992)

A River Runs Through It (Robert Redford, 1992)

Rock-a-Doodle (Don Bluth, 1992)

Rock Hudson’s Home Movies (Mark Rappaport, 1992)

Scent of a Woman (Martin Brest, 1992)

School Ties (Robert Mandel, 1992)

Sister Act (Emile Ardolino, 1992)

Sneakers (Phil Alden Robinson, 1992)

Under Siege (Andrew Davis, 1992)

Unforgiven (Clint Eastwood, 1992)

Visions of Light (Arnold Glassman, Todd McCarthy & Stuart Samuels, 1992)

Wayne’s World (Penelope Spheeris, 1992)